This is home to the original ideas of the former Chief Executive of Somerset County Council. Here you may read his views and glean wisdom about the difficult task of transforming municipal institutions for the public good.

Howe About it?!

(public-i's foxy chief exec....mmmm!)

I hear strange voices

Dr Martin Griffiths

My Associates love our Affiliates!

Future Communities

(my site is SO much better!)

Shy and Retiring? Moi?

Does SAP work? Click to discover!

Best Partnership? Not Somerset

(we didn't win anything at all)

Any chance of another reference?

Any chance of a reference?

A knight in shining armour

My next boss?

Klick my Koruna

The Art of Spin

Panel Beaters

Starboard or Port?

WANTED FOR SUBVERSION

APRIL FOOLS DAY

Coming Soon to Somerset

Life is a Fitch

So we deliberately ignored their advice

A new customer?

Please join my club

My Second Favourite Organ

Thanks Maam!

I deserve one!

PEACE OFF

The Hangman from my home town

Party Time!

Why do the seagulls fly upside down in Cornwall?

Which part of the anatomy should fictititious bloggers have removed upon conviction

How much can endorphins enhance your life

How much should the County Council pay to let me go?

Should the County Council pay me to go?

How much will the people of Somerset be helped by the creation of SouthWest One?

About Me

Wednesday, 8 October 2008

Colourful ideas

Jungian psychology has a thing or two to teach us. We ignore it at our peril. And there is nothing simple about the colour wheel. Colour can reveal much about our personalities and influence the way we work. That is why I am allowing my senior managers to participate in a special course tomorrow to help them improve their lives. They are off to a workshop at the lovely Bindon Country House Hotel where their ideas will be challenged by some of the sharpest brains in psychological profiling. I first discovered The Colour Works team at a conference for Chief Executives in the South West. Their workshops are a safe, non-threatening, high energy experience. The emphasis is on fun, motivation, learning and the freedom to enjoy all types of personality and personal styles. You come away with your unique, detailed profile, the appropriate Colour Works hat and – typically – a great big smile. You do not need an understanding of psychology or have any special training in order to make sense of the profiling. It is presented in user-friendly, accessible terms with simple visuals. Most importantly, this profile values the differences in people, rather than clumps them together as ‘types’.The power of self-understanding is multiplied many times over as we move from PERSONAL to TEAM development and learning. By discovering the mechanics of some of the frustrations that exist within the team, we start to:•Focus on critical areas and resources•Celebrate success•Benchmark the team’s performance and progress•Encourage a supportive team culture based on respect and understanding